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title: שְׁפֵל — be low · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: שְׁפֵל (lemma:שְׁפֵל), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 4 times: be low. BDB 1906: vb. be low. With 2 verses in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# שְׁפֵל

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«שְׁפֵל» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **be low** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 4 times · **Key:** lemma:שְׁפֵל · **BDB:** שְׁפֵל

### Glosses

bring.low (1); bringing.low (1); he.will.bring.low (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

be low [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5e4_5b5_5dc/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

vb. be low [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5e4_5b5_5dc/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** vb. be low (v. BH);— bring low, humble: Pf. 2 ms. הַשְׁפֵּלְתְּ לִבְבָךְ Dn 5:22 thou hast not humbled thine heart: Impf. 3 ms. יְהַשְׁפִּ֑ל 7:24, Inf. לְהַשְׁפָּלָה 4:34, Pt. מַשְׁפִּ֑ל 5:19, all. c. acc. pers. bring low, put down.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 4 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses (2 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (2 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «שְׁפֵל» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1513/lemma_3a_5e9_5b0_5c1_5e4_5b5_5dc/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Daniel 5:22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.5.22/)

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וְאַ֤נְתְּ בְּרֵהּ֙ בֵּלְשַׁאצַּ֔ר לָ֥א הַשְׁפֵּ֖לְתְּ לִבְבָ֑ךְ כָּל־קֳבֵ֕ל דִּ֥י כָל־דְּנָ֖ה יְדַֽעְתָּ׃

*Word for word:* and you son his O.Belshazzar not you.have.brought.low heart your as to because that all this you.knew

*JPS 1917:* And thou his son, O Belshazzar, hast not humbled thy heart, though thou knewest all this;

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[Daniel 7:24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/DAN.7.24/)

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וְקַרְנַיָּ֣א עֲשַׂ֔ר מִנַּהּ֙ מַלְכוּתָ֔ה עַשְׂרָ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין יְקֻמ֑וּן וְאָחֳרָ֞ן יְק֣וּם אַחֲרֵיה֗וֹן וְה֤וּא יִשְׁנֵא֙ מִן־קַדְמָיֵ֔א וּתְלָתָ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין יְהַשְׁפִּֽל׃

*Word for word:* and the horns ten from it the kingdom ten kings they.will.arise and another he.will.arise after them and he he.will.be.different from the.former \[kings\] and three kings he.will.bring.low

*JPS 1917:* And as for the ten horns, out of this kingdom shall ten kings arise; and another shall arise after them; and he shall be diverse from the former, and he shall put down three kings.

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